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J. J. BISEL. WARDROBE FIXTURE.

No. 508,596. Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

STATES PATE T JOSEPH J. BISEL, OF PIIILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO AMBROSE B. OLEMMER AND ISAAC S. STOVER, OF SAME PLACE.

WARDROBE-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,596, dated November 14, 1893.

Application filed March 11, 1893. Serial No. 465,524. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. BISEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved ward robe-fixture of the class comprising a bar carrying a series of hooks and means for securing the bar pivotally in place. v

One object of my invention is the production of a fixture of the kind mentioned whose several parts can be easily and cheaply constructed and speedily assembled.

Another object is to avail myself of the advantages of forming the pivots integral with the bar-socket, and at thesame time to avoid the necessity of forming screw-holes in more than one piece.

7 Other objects of my invention-will present themselves in the detailed description.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective View of my invention with the arm broken off. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my invention, showing a modification in the support. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail View of a portion of the lower part of the support, clearly illustrating the modification shown in side view in Fig. 2. Figs. 4. and 5 are perspective views of the upper part of the support, Fig. 5 showing-the attaching-base placed on top.

The bar-support is cast in two parts, Aand A. The part A of the support comprises a base a, in each end of which is formed a screw-hole 1; a perforated lug 2, projecting forward from the base; and a lip 3, projecting downward from the under side of the lug 2, this lip being provided with a rivet-hole 4 for a purpose hereinafter explained. The

part A of the support comprises a stem at, having one or more integral hooks 5 at its lower end; aperforated lug 6, projecting for.- ward; and a lip 7, extending upward from the lug 6. This lip, in which is formed a rivethole 8, is only about one-third the thickness of stem at, the offset forming a shoulder 9.

B is the bar, to which are secured hooks h.

0 is the bar-socket, in which one end of the bar is secured. At the inner end of thesocket there is a bifurcated central verticalextension 0, on which are formed the pivots 10 and 11. I prefer to give a slight upward incline to the bar B, so that the strain on the bar,

induced by heavy clothing hung thereon, may

be transmitted rearward or toward the pivotal point, thereby materially lessening the leverage at the outer end of the bar; and to accomplish this result I make the lower branch of the bifurcated extension 0 slightly longer than the upper branch, thereby locating pivot 11 slightly in rear of a vertical line drawn through pivot 10, as seen in Fig. 2.

A modifiedconstruction of the lug 6 on the stem of the support is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, wherein it will be seen that the upper face of that lug is given a downward incline inthe forward direction. By this means the bar 13,

' when weighted, will be caused to automatically swing forward after having been swung backward to either side. This is of importance when fine dresses and the like are hung on the bar, for should the bar be thoughtlessly left in the backward position, with the clothing pressed against the wall of the clothesreceptacle, it will readily rightitself byswinging to the forward position, thus obviating the creasing and wrinkling of the apparel that would otherwise occur.

In assembling the parts the handle is first secured in its socket; pivot 11 is placed in lug 6 on the stem, and pivot 10 is then passed throughlug 2 on part A. In this position of the parts the upper end of lip 7 abuts squarely against the lower side of lug 2, and the lower end of lip 3 likewise abuts against shoulder 9 on the stem. A rivet 12 is then passed through both lips and upset, the bifurcation in extension 0 admitting access of the tool for that purpose. Thus it will be seen that as 5 both lips abut against the respective surfaces above mentioned the single rivet serves to give. perfect rigidity to the two parts of the support, with the further resulting advantage that but two screw-holes arerequired, and X00 they are in the piece in which they can be most easily drilled and reamed.

It will be apparent, of course, that in case it is desired to suspend the support from overhead the base a may be cast on top of the lug 2, as seen in Fig. 5.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the bar and a socket in which one end of the bar is secured, said socket having integral pivots, of a barsupport made in two pieces, the lower piece having a pivot-lug, a lip projecting upward from the lug, and a shoulder in rear of the lip, the upper piece having an attaching-base, a pivot-lug, and a lip extending downward from said lug, this lip abutting against the shoulder on the lower piece, and the lip on that piece abutting against the lug on the upper piece, and a rivet uniting the lips.

2. The combination, with the bar carrying hooks and a socket in which one end of the bar is secured, said socket having at its rear end a central bifurcated vertical extension provided with integral pivots, of a bar-support made in two pieces, the lower piece having a pivotlug, a lip projecting upward from the lug, and a shoulder in rear of the lip, the upper piece having an attaching-base, a pivotlug, and a lip extending downward from said lug, this lip abutting against the shoulder on the lower piece, and the lip on that piece abutting against the log on the upper piece, and a rivet uniting the lips.

3. The combination, with the bar carrying hooks and a socket in which one end of the bar is secured, said socket having at its rear end a central bifurcated vertical extension provided with integral pivots, the lower pivot being slightly in rear of a vertical line drawn through the upper pivot, of a bar-support made in two pieces the lower piece having a pivot-lug whose upper surface is inclined downward in the forward direction,a lip projecting upward from said lug, and a shoulder in rear of the lip, the upper piece having an attachingbase, a pivotlug, and a lip extending downward from said lug, this lip abutting against the shoulder on the lower piece, and the lip on that piece abutting against the lug on the upper piece, and a rivet uniting the lips.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. BISEL.

Witnesses:

J AS. T. LEVY, GEO. E. TERRY. 

